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Alex's Comissions and Maps Thread

dont you go giving me ideas

like some sort of earlier civil war, with the know nothings getting involved, and anglo-french intervention leads to the civil war ending up with some partial balkanisation - the south goes, obvs. but so does new york under a know nothing / democratic government and chicago gets annexed to britain, while france takes back new orleans. new england goes its own way after the war.

if we wanted to widen out the parallel, america endures the rest of the century under an ossifying 'national unity' presidency which is eventually overthrown somewhere near the century's end, and while an attempt to restore proper constitutional government stumbles, another revolutionary movement successfully seizes power in the 1940s, and manages to crush some of the old secessionists under foot.
 
like some sort of earlier civil war, with the know nothings getting involved, and anglo-french intervention leads to the civil war ending up with some partial balkanisation - the south goes, obvs. but so does new york under a know nothing / democratic government and chicago gets annexed to britain, while france takes back new orleans. new england goes its own way after the war.

if we wanted to widen out the parallel, america endures the rest of the century under an ossifying 'national unity' presidency which is eventually overthrown somewhere near the century's end, and while an attempt to restore proper constitutional government stumbles, another revolutionary movement successfully seizes power in the 1940s, and manages to crush some of the old secessionists under foot.

The thought I had was 'Southern-style Democrat domination and vote-rigging nationwide, the 'Pro-Republic' coalition is attempting to break through the vested interests.'
 
like some sort of earlier civil war, with the know nothings getting involved, and anglo-french intervention leads to the civil war ending up with some partial balkanisation - the south goes, obvs. but so does new york under a know nothing / democratic government and chicago gets annexed to britain, while france takes back new orleans. new england goes its own way after the war.

if we wanted to widen out the parallel, america endures the rest of the century under an ossifying 'national unity' presidency which is eventually overthrown somewhere near the century's end, and while an attempt to restore proper constitutional government stumbles, another revolutionary movement successfully seizes power in the 1940s, and manages to crush some of the old secessionists under foot.
i'm suing
 
Sham Shui Po is rather unusual for what we've seen so far- the opposition were only 1 seat behind taking control in 2015, it's a bit of a stronghold for the ADPL, and I've had to drop in a new scale as this is where one of the two Unaligned candidates won this year.
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Moving into Yau Tsim Mong in Kowloon now- we're right by Hong Kong Polytechnic. Also some pretty significant boundary changes.View attachment 15452

Fun fact: the constituency of Mong Kok North was won by pro-democracy independent Lucifer Siu, who milked pro-protest imagery and messaging for all it was worth.

 
And here's Kowloon City, an area that has seriously gentrified since they knocked down the Walled City (the site's at the top end of Lung Shing, the DAB seat in the north), and as such was something of a government stronghold. The sheer scale of the landslide can probably be best expressed by the fact that even here the Pro-Democrat side won 60% of the seats.

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Evolution of Thirlmere Reservoir- the old natural lake, the 1894-1904 level and the post-1927 level.

I can't find any maps for the intermediate period approximately half-way between those.

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One which @Turquoise Blue in particular might enjoy

The Crown of Wales is the youngest of the Realms which together make up the United Kingdoms - assuming one doesn't consider the Great Electorate to be a new foundation on its legal unification - having been established in 1698 as part of the constitutional reforms precipitated by James I, II and VII due to the impending succession crisis of the House of Stuart. Its roots are far earlier however, stretching back to before the Norman Conquest of England with the first efforts to impose English overlordship over what were at that times the Welsh regions of Gwent and Morgannwg. Over the next two centuries England gradually established her rule over Wales through a series of Palatine Lordships in what became known as the Welsh Marches, finally requiring the independent Princes to swear fealty to the English monarch in the mid 13th Century. The existence of the Principalities was threatened by several minor rebellions and near-rebellions over the next 50 years, but the weakness of Edward II, followed by the alliance between Prince Owain ap Llywelyn and the young Edward III against their mutual enemy Roger Mortimer ensured that the latter's position was recognised and expanded with being named overlord over the lesser princes at the Treaty of Montgomery in 1331, though it stopped short of recognising him as Prince of Wales.

That full domination was to be short lived- by the time of his grandson Llywellyn ap Dafydd the domains of the Prince of Snowdonia had reduced to more or less their current extent- but the settlement with England endured through the Castilian Union, the War of the French Succession and the subsequent Wars of the Roses, by the end of the lands of both the Mortimer Earls of March and the Earl of Pembroke, a lesser rival of the Princes, had merged with the Crown. Indeed, by the 16th Century - when the ascension of Henry Tudor to the throne meant that for the first time a member of the Welsh gentry sat upon the Triple Throne- the Monarch directly possessed the majority of the Marches, though the Earldom of March and the vast lands that were associated with it had become customary to grant to the heir to the throne, along with the Earldom of Cheshire and Flint, and the Duchy of Cornwall.

With the Act of 1698, the various Marcher Lordships and the Principalities were brought together into a unified constitutional entity- the Crown of Wales, in which the Monarch assumed the title of Prince of Wales, and the Prince of Snowdonia was granted extensive powers of patronage and support for the cultural institutions of the Welsh language including the appointment of the Archbishop of St. David's. The longest running dispute over the Act was the position of Bishop's Castle- a Palatine territory of the Bishop of Hereford, where there was a significant faction in court calling for its annexation to Herefordshire- though somewhat ironically the Bishop of Hereford was on the chief opponents of this. The new constitutional settlement was incorporated wholesale into the framework of the United Kingdoms on its creation in 1749, and remains, with minor revisions, in force to the present.

Under the terms of the 1698 Act, the various territories of Wales can be grouped into four categories.

The Royal Demesne: is governed directly by the Parliament of the Welsh Marches on the behalf of the Monarch. By the terms of the 1698 Act, the laws passed by this body- termed 'English Law' due to being integrated into the Judicial framework of the Kingdom of England due to a 1332 Statute passed as a corollary of the Treaty of Monmouth- are held to be in equal standing within the Royal Demesne with the 'Welsh Law' passed by the Senedd, with overarching legislation being enacted by the Council of Wales and the Marches, which acts as an upper chamber for both bodies in lieu of the House of Lords.

The Palatine Counties of the Royal Demesne: Comprising the Earldoms of Pembroke and Glamorgan, held by the Monarch, and the Earldom of March, held by the Heir to the Throne. In legal terms these are legislatively autonomous from the Parliament of the Welsh Marches, and though electing members to that body are not required to adopt all the laws passed by it. By convention, however, the Crown (as expressed by Monarch and Heir) adopts all legislature passed by the Parliament save where it relates to the collection of Taxes where the Crown is entitled to 20% of the revenue. As such, and also by convention, English and Welsh Law are in equal standing in these counties.

The Marcher Lordships: Ranging from the County Corporate of Holyhead (created by agreement with Prince Llywellyn ap Llywellyn in 1879) to the Lordship of Chepstow, the Marcher Lordships elect representatives to the Parliament of the Welsh Marchers, but have extensive legislative autonomy. In theory this autonomy frees them from all obligations to follow the Laws of the Parliament, but in practice this simply expresses itself in numerous exemptions or expansions to that body's legislature. The exceptions are those which have chosen to follow either English or Welsh Law solely- though the number doing so has declined over the last century, with the County Corporate of Carmarthen being the latest to abandon pure English Law in 2005.

The Principalities: are the remaining 'independent' Welsh domains owing direct fealty to the Monarch (in his position as Prince of Wales). As such, they are not represented in the Parliament of the Welsh Marches, though they are in the Parliament of the United Kingdoms- where the seven Princes also have representation in the House of Lords. They universally follow Welsh Law only, which is passed in the Senedd, established by Prince Dafydd ap Owain in 1358 and based in the town of Machynlleth. The area from which representatives for this body have been elected from has gradually expanded- initially only encompassing those territories directly giving fealty to the Prince of Snowdonia, the first elected representatives from Dewisland were admitted in 1592. There remain occasional fights over the Prince of Snowdonia's role as overlord over the other Welsh Princes.

While the Court of Great Sessions- the highest court in Wales and responsible for resolving all disputes between the application of English or Welsh Law- was established as part of the 1698 Act, in the process removing the Welsh circles from the English Judiciary, the Church in Wales is far older. A degree of ecclesiastical autonomy had been established by the extension of Gallican Principles across the Triple Crown by Henry VIII in the 1530s, but this was not formalised until the elevation of the See of St. David's to Arch-episcopal status in 1592. The four ancient dioceses of Bangor, St. Asaph, St. David's and Llandaff were to be joined by Brecon (created from parts of Llandaff, St. David's and St. Asaph) in 1729, Usk in 1879 (created from Llandaff, but gaining the Archdeaconry of Monmouth from Brecon) and finally Swansea and Carmarthen (split from St. David's) in 1927. The first approved bible in Welsh was produced in 1597, with the first service in Welsh occurring in St. David's Cathedral in 1787 following the relaxation on the rules regarding the use of Latin in services in the Council of Siena.

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